Bill Text: CA AB817 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections officials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2013. [AB817 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB817-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 817	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 2109, 12300, and 12302 of the Elections
Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 817, as introduced, Bonta. Elections officials.
   Existing law authorizes a county elections official to appoint a
registered voter to serve as a deputy registrar of voters for the
purpose of registering voters. Existing law also authorizes an
elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board
member, as specified.
   This bill would additionally authorize an elections official to
appoint a person who is a lawful permanent resident of the United
States and who is otherwise eligible to register to vote, except for
his or her lack of United States citizenship, to serve as a deputy
registrar of voters or as a precinct board member.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2109 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   2109.   Any   A  person  who is
a registered voter  qualifies for appointment as a deputy
registrar of  voters.   voters if he or she is a
registered voter of the state, or if he or she is a lawful permanent
resident of the United States and is otherwise   eligible
to register to vote   pursuant to Section 2101 except for
his or her lack of United States citizenship. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 12300 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   12300.  Any voter  , or any individual who possesses the
qualifications set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 12302, 
may file an application with the elections official for the position
of precinct board member. The elections official may require the
application be made on specific forms supplied by the elections
official.
  SEC. 3.  Section 12302 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   12302.  (a) Except as provided in  subdivision (b),
  subdivisions (b) and (c),  a member of a precinct
board shall be a voter of the state. The member may serve only in
the precinct for which his or her appointment is received.
   (b)  (1)    In order to provide for a greater
awareness of the elections process, the rights and responsibilities
of voters, and the importance of participating in the electoral
process, as well as to provide additional members of precinct boards,
an elections official may appoint not more than five  pupil
  pupils  per precinct to serve under the direct
supervision of precinct board members designated by the elections
official. A pupil may be appointed, notwithstanding his or her lack
of eligibility to vote, subject to the approval of the governing
board of the educational institution in which the pupil is enrolled,
if the pupil possesses the following qualifications: 
   (1) 
    (A)  Is at least 16 years of age at the time of the
election  to   for  which he or she is
serving as a member of a precinct board. 
   (2) 
    (B)  Is a United States citizen or will be a citizen at
the time of the election  to  for  which he
or she is serving as a member of a precinct board. 
   (3) 
    (C)  Is a pupil in good standing attending a public or
private secondary educational institution. 
   (4) 
    (D)  Is a pupil who has a grade point average of at
least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. 
   (c) 
    (2)  A pupil appointed pursuant to  this 
subdivision  (b)  may not be used by a precinct
board to tally votes. 
   (c) In order to promote civic engagement among residents of the
state and to provide additional members of precinct boards, an
elections official may appoint not more than five nonvoters per
precinct to serve as precinct board members. A nonvoter may be
appointed, notwithstanding his or her lack of eligibility to vote, if
the nonvoter possesses the following qualifications:  
   (1) Is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. 

   (2) Is otherwise eligible to register to vote pursuant to Section
2101 except for his or her lack of United States citizenship.